Abstract：
:The increase in obesity in the Unites States and around the world in the last decade is overwhelming. The number of overweight adults in the world surpassed 1 billion in 2008. Health hazards associated with obesity are serious and include heart disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, and cancer. Although lifestyle modifications are the most straightforward way to control weight, a large portion of the population may not be able to rely on this modality alone. Thus, the development of anti-obesity therapeutics represents a major unmet medical need. Historically, anti-obesity pharmacotherapies have been unsafe and minimally efficacious. A better understanding of the biology of appetite and metabolism provides an opportunity to develop drugs that may offer safer and more effective alternatives for weight management. This review discusses drugs that are currently on the market and in development as anti-obesity therapeutics based on their target and mechanism of action. It should serve as a roadmap to establish expectations for the near future for anti-obesity drug development.
journal_name
Mol Aspects Medjournal_title
Molecular aspects of medicineauthors
Colon-Gonzalez F,Kim GW,Lin JE,Valentino MA,Waldman SAdoi
10.1016/j.mam.2012.10.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-02-01 00:00:00pages
71-83issue
1eissn
0098-2997issn
1872-9452pii
S0098-2997(12)00119-7journal_volume
34pub_type
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